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April 1925

"Vogue is giving its readers a New Year present. A brand new feature – and an additional feature. Nothing left out to make room for it. No catches about an increase in price. What is it? Colour! In the next number and henceforth in every issue there will be four pages of pattern drawing on colours, showing the actual tones in which the designers conceived these models."

"The mid-season collections are the second act of the play of fashion. The openings – or the first act – have announced the mode; then between-season collections – or second act – must develop it, introduce variation, and work towards a forecast of what the third act – or the spring openings – will be. This year the mid-season collections are concerned with subtle changes of the slender silhouette. [The mode] is much given to introducing a fluttering movement – a flowering, feminine line. Waist-lines are low. Chéruit and Chanel are also bringing forth a newer, more feminine elegance. They have launched simultaneously the combination of black and flesh-pink in afternoon or evening frocks."